Western Daily Press (Saturday)
General Knowledge Quiz
1 Which alternative rock band released the 1991 album Screamadelica?
A The Clash
B Iron Maiden
C Primal Scream
2 What was the Greek Titan Atlas compelled by Zeus to support on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling?
A A huge rock
B The sky
C The world
3 Who played Perks the station porter in the 1970 film The Railway Children?
A Robert Hardy B Bernard Cribbins C Norman Wisdom
4 Which The Big Bang Theory character, played by Simon Helberg, got married and went into space in Season 5?
A Leonard Hofstadter
B Raj Koothrappali
C Howard Wolowitz
5 Which Maurice Sendak picture book follows the adventures of young Max who has been sent to his room for being naughty?
A Where the Wild Things Are B Mischievous Max
C The Polar Express
6 Ermine is the white winter coat of which animal?
A Rabbit
B Mink
C Stoat
7 The Bunyip, drop bear and yowie are legendary creatures from which country? A Ireland B Canada C Australia
8 In which West Country city were cricketing legend W.G. Grace and film star Cary Grant born?
A Torquay
B Bristol
C Exeter
9 Which fairy tale is the subject of an opera by Engelbert Humperdinck featuring the famous Evening Prayer song?
A Babes in the Wood
B Hansel and Gretel
C Little Red Riding Hood
10 Which new film stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as the journalists who broke the story of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct allegations?
A She Said
B Me Too
C Enough is Enough